Kris Allen has said that Adam Lambert deserves the attention he has received since finishing as runner-up on American Idol.

The season winner told Parade that he did not have any problem with Lambert's media profile since the show ended.

Allen said: "Adam is definitely one of those people who garnishes media attention. He's different, and he's something completely different from Idol and so I think he deserves all that stuff. And for me, I'm totally laid-back and cool.

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"Being on the cover of Rolling Stone, he had something to say and they wanted to be the ones to say it. That was his way to do that. I don't have any problems with it at all. I think Adam totally deserves it. I don't feel like he's stealing my thunder."

He insisted that he and Lambert were "really good friends", adding that he took Simon Cowell's advice to keep his marriage secret on the show with "a grain of salt".